Gamecocks Ranked 21st by Golfstat, Remain 19th in Golfweek Rankings

March 26, 2014

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina men’s golf team moved up three spots to No. 21 in the Golfstat Relative Rankings and remained at No. 19 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings released this week.

The Gamecocks solidified their spot in this week’s rankings with a runner-up finish on Tuesday at the Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate. South Carolina wrapped up the tournament three strokes back of Auburn for the title with a total of 855 (-9). The second-place finish is South Carolina’s seventh-straight finish of third or better, which is the longest stretch of top-three finishes in school history.

South Carolina will wrap up its regular-season schedule on April 5-6 at the Augusta State Invitational. The 54-hole event will be contested at Forest Hills Golf Club in Augusta, Ga.

Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings

1. Alabama

2. Oklahoma State

3. California

4. Georgia Tech

5. Georgia

6. Illinois

7. Stanford

8. Houston

9. UCF

10. Virginia

11. Texas A&M

12. Virginia Tech

13. Oklahoma

14. UAB

15. Washington

16. ULCA

17. Vanderbilt

18. Texas

19. South Carolina

20. Florida State

21. New Mexico

22. Clemson

23. Auburn

24. Southern California

25. Arkansas

Golfstat Relative Rankings

1. Alabama

2. California

3. Oklahoma State

4. Georgia Tech

5. Georgia

6. UCF

7. Stanford

8. Houston

9. Illinois

10. Virginia Tech

11. Virginia

12. Florida State

13. Oklahoma

14. UAB

15. Vanderbilt

16. Texas A&M

17. Texas

18. UCLA

19. Washington

20. Arkansas

21. South Carolina

22. UNLV

23. New Mexico

24. LSU

25. SMU